Don't Pass Me By

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  • Engels
  • Paperback
  • 9781909278103
  • 01 oktober 2013
  • 342 pagina's
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1940: London is about to be ravaged by the Blitz. For Lydia the last beating is the final straw. She has to escape from her husband, and when a gas explosion rips their house apart she flees, taking baby Grace with her. Rejected by her father, and not knowing where to go next, she joins a crowd of evacuee children at the railway station, and her destiny is changed forever as they find themselves in rural Wales. Don't Pass Me By is the story not only of Lydia and Grace's salvation, but of the lives of a handful of evacuee children transplanted from the city to a tiny village filled with strangers who speak a different language. Torn away from their parents, each child learns to cope - one with a farm full of fearsome animals and a warm, caring family; others not so lucky. From the love and compassion of many, to sinister abuse from a few, the children find different ways to survive their own catastrophes, while Lydia finds what she has always been seeking - but when her masquerade of widowhood is shattered, will she lose everything? Don't Pass Me By is author Julie McGowan's third book, and the second based in her much-loved homeland of Wales. Her first, The Mountains Between, became a regional best-seller. Her second book, Just One More Summer, is a wonderfully intricate read based in Cornwall.

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en
Bindwijze
Paperback
Oorspronkelijke releasedatum
01 oktober 2013
Aantal pagina's
342
Illustraties
Nee

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Hoofdauteur
Julie Mcgowan
Hoofduitgeverij
Sunpenny Publishing

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1
Extra groot lettertype
Nee
Product breedte
103 mm
Product lengte
233 mm
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103 mm
Verpakking hoogte
21 mm
Verpakking lengte
233 mm
Verpakkingsgewicht
189 g

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9781909278103

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    I've given this five stars because I genuinely felt that four were not enough, but in reality I'd give it four and a half. Why? Because on the one hand I really really enjoyed it and found it hard to put down, but on the other, I felt some of the sub-plots could have been developed a bit further. Maybe it's because Julie McGowan's characters were so appealing, I wanted to know more about them. I wanted more of Amy's story, more of Arfur's and more of Rhian's. All the sub-plots were worth their own book, actually, so I missed them when the story moved on to another character.

    As a read, it is very easy. I love these period pieces and Julie McGowan clearly knows her environment in Wales well. The dominance of the chapel and the rigidity of a small sector of a rather closed community were very well portrayed. The fact that the novel was set in wartime England and dealt with evacuees and how they coped with fitting in to a very strange, rural environment was also riveting. The story dealt with an abusive marriage, child neglect and child abuse, so it was very moving on many levels. But at the same time, it was quite palatable and not heavy going at all. I read One Last Summer a couple of years ago and enjoyed it. This one is even better. I now think I'll go back to the beginning and read Ms McGowan's first book!

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